2012 Aygo Ice

Had it a few months now and it's great. Does all the things it should, doesn't do anything it shouldn't. I do 80 miles a day in it going to work and back - almost exclusively back roads - great fun if a little heavy on tyres and brakes. I've done 6k miles in it since buying it ( it had done 14k when i bought it) and the brakes are almost gone - new discs and pads on the way for it - picked up when it was serviced.

MPG for anyone that cares about this stuff seems to sit around 55 to 60. Usually get just over 220 miles from the first 2 bars on the gauge. Did Glasgow and back for a shade under £80 - utterly impressed with this as well as the comfort.

Wish i'd bought one years ago! It reminds me of my first car, small, light and good fun to throw about - all of the fun is in trying to keep hold of as much speed as possible :)

If you see me fizzing around between Stevenageish and Milton Keynes - wave like a loon!

Rev counter :D Can't wring its neck properly without one

OEM Mats

4 matching tyres - EcoSport3 or something, much better than the cracked and leaking EcoSport2 that were on there.

Proper AERO wiper blades!!

OEM Sill scuff plates

OEM front and rear mud guards

Side protection mouldings so careless people in car parks don't dent the thing

Upgraded headlamps - heavy duty ones that don't vibrate to bits.

Fog light relay, 2013 Headlight stalk with both fog light controls, OEM foglights

Foam blocks in the sunvisor locating pin recesses.

Wrapped insulating tape around the parcel shelf pins.

Rebolted the rear seatbelts as the washers were loose although the bolts were tight.

Silicon greased the door and boot seals - no more creaking.

Small cargo straps through the rear shelf and under the parcel shelf pins - no more rattling.

It does seem to have a bit of a sticky throttle but it can go back to Toyota for that and the ride could do with being a bit less pogo stick but it doesn't bother me enough to want to spend money doing something about it.

Also - if you want better sounding audio from the built in MP3 / bluetooth unit - play your music via A2DP from your phone - gives a much better signal source and a much better sound quality, although 'better' is relative :)

I guess some pictures of a fairly standard looking Aygo ICE the day after picking it up .....

Now done 10k miles in it. Replaced the front tyres as after 10k of cross country abuse they were worn out.

I cannot find anything about it that annoys me or irritates me in any way at all. Engine is loosening up nicely with use, 2nd gear will pull close to an indicated 60mph now

Oh and i now have a full bike license and as a result of that, got an old but fun 1994 CB500 to bang around on for a year until i get some miles in.

Removed the polllen filter and slung it in the sink with some hot water and washing powder, it was making the car stink, primarily because it was full of road crap. Sprayed some of that AC cleaner spray stuff up into the vents and put the clean filter back ... all good.

Had a bit more time of late to get fed up with the rattles from the trim in this so decided it was time to do something about it.

Removed the front door cards and rear trim pieces and did the following;

1. Foam strip around any exposed metal that is touched by plastics

2. Foam rubber washers on both sides of the trim panel clips

3. Foam strip under the window switches

4. Foam inserted under the metal speaker grill brackets.

Net result is a car that does not tinkle and rattle its way down the road like a half empty biscuit tin.

That brings me to the next problem ...... now that i can turn the headunit to volume 30 and not distort the sound .... I need MOOARRRR power!

So picked up a doubledin facia adapter from liquidice on ebay and an ISO lead adapter from the same place.

Also picked up a JVC AVH61BT off Ebay in decent nick for 140 quid - http://support.jvc.com/consumer/product.jsp?archive=true&pathId=133&modelId=MODL029190

I didn't need the full MHL/HDMI mirror link thing, i just wanted a bigger screen and better sound source.

That's it for the moment, got my eye on a set of upgraded mids and tweeters for the front ... and will definitely be getting a Pioneer or Kenwood underseat active sub but that can wait until Christmas :)